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From: dbfunk@ICAEN.UIOWA.EDU (David B. Funk)
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Subject: Re: I'm looking for info on the xtended COFF format used @ 10.0
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Date: 16 Feb 89 00:55:36 GMT
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WRT posting <2621@eta.unix.ETA.COM> by Dave Clark @ ETA:

>   Does anyone know if there is a published description of
> the COFF format sr10 uses? 

Yes, in the manual "Domain/OS Programming Environment Reference"
(pn 11010-a00) there is a description of Apollo COFF and the include files
that are supplied with sr10 for it. Look at:

    Chapter 13: Absolute and Position-Independent Code
    Chapter 14: COFF: Common Object File Format
    Chapter 15: Calling Conventions

The first version of this manual is for the M68K machines, I would expect an
updated version to have the PRISM stuff as well. This should provide you
with enough info to write a compiler.

BTW this manual has excellent chapters on such tools as: make, M4, awk, lex,
yacc, and sccs.

Dave Funk